Matildas captain and star striker Sam Kerr sits down with ESPN to share her journey from Aussie rules to soccer and what coming home to Perth truly means.

On the eve of her third World Cup, Sam Kerr has her eyes firmly set on glory, taking down the US and what success would mean for women's sport back home.

GRENOBLE, France -- And there it was. A little more than 10 minutes into Australia's 4-1 defeat of Jamaica at the Stade des Alpes on Tuesday night, Matildas captain Sam Kerr did what every Australian fan -- and quite frankly, the rest of the world -- had been waiting to see at this Women's World Cup. The 25-year-old forward leapt out of her boots to head a lofty cross from Emily Gielnik and opened scoring for Australia with the kind of goal that has made her the leading scorer in both the NWSL and...